Between the books and the show, many Vampire Diaries characters were swapped out for other ones. The books had Aunt Judith, who was Elena's father's sister, and quite removed from her life.

Few people know that The Vampire Diaries is adapted from a series of books by L.J. Smith. This is because much of the show ...

Whether they had too little screen time, didn’t seem all that important at first, or got killed off before they could win over the audience, The Vampire Diaries had plenty of characters who ...

The Vampire Diaries frequently struggled with maintaining consistent character development, particularly as the show progressed. Characters like Elena Gilbert often seemed to make decisions based ...

Based on the young adult novel series of the same name ... “If you could rewrite [The] Vampire Diaries, without one of its characters, excluding yours, who would you nix — Elena, Stefan ...

meaning she did not own the copyright or the characters. Image While Ms. Smith’s writing career was on hold, vampire books soared in popularity. By 2007, sales of “The Vampire Diaries ...

She published the first four “Vampire Diaries” books from 1991 to 1992. Alloy hired Smith on a work-for-hire contract — meaning she did not own the rights to her characters — but she did ...

What The Vampire Diaries books gave us was this incredible setup and this incredible group of characters and connections to each other, and then we just freed ourselves very early on from feeling ...

“Thank you for helping me turn into the strong woman I am today, by portraying strong female characters in your works ... stories were where my love of books first began. No other books hold ...

She published the first four "Vampire Diaries" books from 1991 to 1992. Alloy hired Smith on a work-for-hire contract — meaning she did not own the rights to her characters — but she did not ...